Patents Assigned to Steelcase Inc.
  • Patent number: 11775127
    Abstract: A conferencing arrangement for sharing information within a conference space, the arrangement comprising a common presentation surface including a presentation surface area, a common presentation surface driver, a system processor linked to the driver and receiving and presenting the information content via the common presentation surface and a portable user interface device including a device display screen and a device processor, the device processor programmed to provide an interface via the device display screen useable to view content and to enter a command to replicate content presented on the device display on the common presentation surface, the device processor capable of identifying a direction of a swiping action on the interface as a command to replicate the content, wherein, upon identifying that the direction of a swiping action on the interface is in the direction of the common presentation surface, the arrangement creates a sharing space on the presentation surface area and replicates the cont
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Baloga
  • Patent number: 11771227
    Abstract: A body support structure includes a pair of laterally extending load bearing support segments each having an outer portion coupled to a support structure and an inner portion. Each of the load bearing support segments extends laterally inwardly from the outer portion, and the inner portions are laterally spaced apart so as to define a gap therebetween. A body support member is spaced forwardly from the pair of load bearing support segments. A plurality of links connect the load bearing support segments to the body support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus Williams Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann
  • Patent number: 11766118
    Abstract: A cart assembly including a frame having a horizontal worksurface, a plurality of vertical support members extending upwardly from the horizontal worksurface and an upper rail spaced above the horizontal worksurface and connected to the vertical support members. The rail defines an opening at one end thereof. A screen is moveable between at least first and second positions. The screen is moveable through the opening and is supported in an interior space of the frame in the first position. The screen is disposed outside the interior space in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: John M. Allen, Charles Beasley, William Bennie, Justin G. Beitzel, Antonio Caballero, Robert Jeffers, Alban Moriniere, Penghao Shan
  • Patent number: 11759008
    Abstract: A table assembly comprising a table including a top member and at least a first leg support member, the top member forming a substantially flat top surface and circumscribed by an outer edge, the at least one leg support member supporting the top member in a substantially horizontal position, a table dock secured to the top member and forming an elongated channel having a dock length dimension and at least a first display panel circumscribed by a panel edge and having at least one straight edge having a panel length dimension, the dock length dimension less than panel length dimension, wherein at least a portion of the straight edge of the panel is receivable within the dock channel with the panel extending out the open first and second ends of the channel to support the panel in a substantially upright orientation with at least a portion of the display panel extending to a height above the flat top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: David J. Battey, Sean M. Corcorran, Timothy Elms, Jeffrey Coffey, Duck Young Kong, Brett Robert Kincaid, Mark William Schoolmeester, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas Overthun, Jake Eisner, Cody Jay Holstege, Michael Skibinski
  • Patent number: 11744376
    Abstract: A method and system for temperature control of a microclimate device are disclosed. The temperature control can be integrated into a reservation system for the microclimate device. A user interface can receive a user input of a temperature control setting. The user interface can be integrated into the microclimate device. A processor can receive the user input and control a heating and/or cooling device to execute the temperature control setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Schmidt, Caroline Kelly, Mark McKenna, Christopher Norman, Rob Scheper, Timothy Swieter
  • Patent number: 11743425
    Abstract: A conferencing assembly for sharing content from source devices includes a common display screen, a switcher controlling input to the screen, and a table assembly with a tabletop opening. A control cable assembly has a first end linked to the switcher, a second ends having a plug connectable to a source device communication port, and a first control cable located therebetween. A take up assembly including a first weight is disposed below the opening. The control cable assembly links to the first weight to apply a force tending to pull the second end of the control cable assembly toward the opening. A first user interface including a control button useable to send a signal to the switcher causing it to provide first content from a source device connected to the control cable assembly to the screen is integrated into the table assembly and is associated with the control cable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis Epstein, Brett Kincaid, Hyun Yoo, Suzanne Stage, Lukas Scherrer, Larry Cheng
  • Patent number: 11722626
    Abstract: A system determines an object-design for a three-dimensional model of an object. The object-design may exhibit a design continuity. The system breaks the object-design in to spatial patterns corresponding to the discrete surfaces making up the outward surface of the object. The system then generates flattened patterns by projecting the spatial patterns into a two-dimensional plane. The system prints the flattened patterns on to designated regions of material sheets in an orientation that preserves the design continuity of the object-design. The regions may be extracted from the sheets and then joined at their edges to form a cover for object that exhibits the continuity of the object design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: John Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20230240443
    Abstract: A wall mount bracket assembly includes a first bracket having a vertical flange and a horizontal flange and a second bracket having a vertical flange and a horizontal flange. The horizontal flanges of the first and second bracket are adjustably coupled such that a gap defined between the vertical flanges of the first and second brackets may be varied, wherein the first and second brackets define a downwardly opening channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Santiago Carral O Gorman, Mark McKenna, Giorgio Verduzio, Matthew David Remelts, Mark J. Dinneweth
  • Patent number: 11713969
    Abstract: A method and system of tracking and reporting locations of entity employees, the method for use with at least a first interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of, providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, storing schedules of entity employees where the schedules indicate scheduled locations of employees during time slots, receiving an indication from a first employee indicating at least a first future time slot, identifying locations of the entity employees during the future time slot, using the schedules of entity employees to generate a location representation indicating the locations of at least a subset of the entity employees during the at least a first future time slot and presenting the location representation via the first interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 11706390
    Abstract: A method and system for optimizing conference session activities within a conference space, the system comprising at least a first sensor for sensing session characteristics and a processor receiving the sensed session characteristics and identifying a conference paradigm based on the sensed session characteristics, identifying an action sequence to perform as a function of the conference paradigm and performing the action sequence, wherein the action sequence results in automatic presentation of at least some information to at least a subset of conferees within the conference space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Noll
  • Patent number: D992323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Allen, William Bennie, Kaitlyn T. Gillmor
  • Patent number: D993454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Mark McKenna, Kevin Gillhespy, Brett Willink
  • Patent number: D993455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Mark McKenna, Kevin Gillhespy, Brett Willink
  • Patent number: D993502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Mark McKenna
  • Patent number: D993651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Jerome Ramos
  • Patent number: D995179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Mark Spoelhof, James Ludwig
  • Patent number: D995180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Mark Spoelhof, James Ludwig
  • Patent number: D996109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Johnson, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie
  • Patent number: D997878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Ludwig, Julie Yonehara, Hyun Yoo
  • Patent number: D1000844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Allen, William Bennie, Kaitlyn T. Gillmor